Integral of $$$\frac{2}{\left(x - 1\right)^{\frac{2}{3}}}$$$

Find $$$\int \frac{2}{\left(x - 1\right)^{\frac{2}{3}}}\, dx$$$.

Apply the constant multiple rule $$$\int c f{\left(x \right)}\, dx = c \int f{\left(x \right)}\, dx$$$ with $$$c=2$$$ and $$$f{\left(x \right)} = \frac{1}{\left(x - 1\right)^{\frac{2}{3}}}$$$:

$${\color{red}{\int{\frac{2}{\left(x - 1\right)^{\frac{2}{3}}} d x}}} = {\color{red}{\left(2 \int{\frac{1}{\left(x - 1\right)^{\frac{2}{3}}} d x}\right)}}$$

Let $$$u=x - 1$$$.

Then $$$du=\left(x - 1\right)^{\prime }dx = 1 dx$$$ (steps can be seen »), and we have that $$$dx = du$$$.

Therefore,

$$2 {\color{red}{\int{\frac{1}{\left(x - 1\right)^{\frac{2}{3}}} d x}}} = 2 {\color{red}{\int{\frac{1}{u^{\frac{2}{3}}} d u}}}$$

Apply the power rule $$$\int u^{n}\, du = \frac{u^{n + 1}}{n + 1}$$$ $$$\left(n \neq -1 \right)$$$ with $$$n=- \frac{2}{3}$$$:

$$2 {\color{red}{\int{\frac{1}{u^{\frac{2}{3}}} d u}}}=2 {\color{red}{\int{u^{- \frac{2}{3}} d u}}}=2 {\color{red}{\frac{u^{- \frac{2}{3} + 1}}{- \frac{2}{3} + 1}}}=2 {\color{red}{\left(3 u^{\frac{1}{3}}\right)}}=2 {\color{red}{\left(3 \sqrt[3]{u}\right)}}$$

Recall that $$$u=x - 1$$$:

$$6 \sqrt[3]{{\color{red}{u}}} = 6 \sqrt[3]{{\color{red}{\left(x - 1\right)}}}$$

Therefore,

$$\int{\frac{2}{\left(x - 1\right)^{\frac{2}{3}}} d x} = 6 \sqrt[3]{x - 1}$$

Add the constant of integration:

$$\int{\frac{2}{\left(x - 1\right)^{\frac{2}{3}}} d x} = 6 \sqrt[3]{x - 1}+C$$

$$$\int \frac{2}{\left(x - 1\right)^{\frac{2}{3}}}\, dx = 6 \sqrt[3]{x - 1} + C$$$A